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Man dies after assault at Colorado Springs bar

Colorado Springs Police
Posted at 5:45 AM, Jan 10, 2022
and last updated 2022-01-13 22:37:01-05

COLORADO SPRINGS — A man died overnight following an assault at a Colorado Springs bar, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department.

Police say they received a call just after midnight that a person was seriously injured from an assault at a bar at the 900 block of North Circle Drive.

When officers arrived, they found the man dead inside the bar, according to police. The man has since been identified as 33-year-old Sergio Suarez Gonzalez of Colorado Springs.

After conducting multiple interviews, detectives obtained an arrest warrant for 25-year-old Marco Barcelo on the charge of Murder in the first degree.

On January 11 members of the CSPD Violent Offender Fugitive Task Force took Mr. Barcelo into custody without incident for his warrant and he was booked in the El Paso County Jail.

Mr. Sergio Gonzalez’s death is the third homicide investigation in the City of Colorado Springs in 2022.

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